Greene & Greene

Bosley, Edward R.

ISBN 10: 0714843571 / ISBN 13: 9780714843575

Published by Phaidon Press, New York, NY, 2003

About this Item

240 pp. Tightly bound. Spine not compromised. Text is free of markings. No ownership markings. Very good to near fine dust jacket. This is a paperback copy with a dust jacket. This copy is smyth sewn. Smyth sewing is a method of bookbinding where groups of folded pages (referred to as signatures) are stitched together using binder thread. Each folded signature is sewn together individually with multiple stitches and then joined with other signatures to create the complete book block. This is the traditional and best method of bookbinding.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Greene & Greene
• Publisher: Phaidon Press, New York, NY
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0714843571
• ISBN 13: 9780714843575
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Very Good to Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good to Near Fine Jacket
• Seller catalogs:
  • Chess Library

About this title

Synopsis

Charles and Henry Greene created the definitive houses of the American Arts & Crafts Movement. Raised to be architects, the Greene brothers were educated together at MIT, where their natural artistic skills blossomed in concert with an excellent practical education. While they practised architecture jointly in southern California from 1906 to 1922 they achieved a powerful symbiosis, resulting in some of the most beautifully crafted houses in America.

The elegant works of their peak period, such as the Gamble, Blacker and Thorsen houses, are masterful in their design and execution. No detail was overlooked: every element of the interior, including furniture, fittings and glasswork, as well as the building structure (down to pegs, air-vents and bracing) was conceived as an organic whole, and finished exquisitely. No hint of conflict was ever recorded between the gentlemanly brothers, yet their intertwined professional lives ultimately diverged into a physical separation and distinct design vocabularies. Even so, the automatic bond between the brothers was never completely severed, and they continued to consult each other on projects for the rest of their lives.

This critical monograph, which charts the brothers' careers (together and apart), is illustrated with superb new photography and draws on a wealth of previously unpublished archival material.

About the Author

Edward R Bosley is Director of the Gamble House in Pasadena, California. He has written and lectured widely on the work of the Greenes.